Jennifer M. (JRM) - reviewed on 2/13/2010 + 11 more book reviews

Overall an OK read - took me about 50 pages to get into - the beginning was a bit confusing with all the old irish names and the introduction of what seemed like a million characters with similar looking/sounding names. Finally, you figure out which ones you are supposed to pay attention to that are central to the plot. I found the dialog a bit stilted, perhaps he is trying to convey a different manner of speech, but it was distracting. And there were a few annoying phrases - like "he grimaced indifferently" - how does one do that? The author used this phrase a few times and I was frustrated because to grimace means you are not indifferent, you are disgusted and unhappy about something...Anyway, just a pet peeve...
The plot was fine, I had it figured out a while before the "reveal" - I am going to read the next book in the series and see how that goes. If it is similar to this one, I probably won't continue with the series. They are not as enjoyable as the Brother Cadfael mysteries.

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